List of CVARs

Enemy Territory: Legacy, just like the original Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, offers a wide range of console variables, so-called CVARs. These are options that can be used to customize the game’s behaviour, setup and appearance to accommodate the player’s needs or preferences. Most can be set from the menu. But all can be set from inside a configuration file _(.cfg)_ , the command line or, in most cases from the console.

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Miscellaneous CVARS
CG_ (Client Game)
CL_ (Client Engine)
COM_ (Common)
CON_ (Console)
NET_ (Network)
DEMO_ (Demo)
FS_ (File System)
G_ (Game)
SV_ (Server)
IN_ (Input)
R_ (Renderer)
Removed cvars

Miscellaneous CVARS

CVAR Types

User cvars
Developer cvars

User cvars 

dedicated

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Specify if the server should be “dedicated” for LAN or Internet play (no client)

Value	Effect
0	Hidden
1	LAN
2	Internet

etVersion

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Read-only cvar to see the version of the game

logfile

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Enables logging of output to etconsole.log

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enable logging, buffer log
2	Enable logging, flush after each print

Not to be confused with the cvar cg_logfile

name

Type	String
Default	“ETLegacyPlayer”
Description	Used to set the name you play with. Colors can be used. See color guide

rate

Type	Range
Default	25000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Rate by which resources are downloaded from the server when http/ftp is not available

password

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	The value is send to the server when connecting to authenticate with password protected servers

sensitivity

Type	Range
Default	5
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Defines the sensitivity of mouse movements. E.g. looking around. Higher is faster

snaps

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	20 - server sv_fps value
Description	Determines how many times per second the server sends updates to your client

timedemo

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled, enables benchmarking on demo playback by processing snapshots as fast as possible, and outputting statistics afterwards.

Developer cvars 

activeAction

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	For the first frame of active play, execute the contents of activeAction. This is to allow scripting a timedemo to start right after loading.

developer

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles developer mode. Prints more info to console and provides more commands.

fixedtime

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Modifies time for debugging purpose, in milliseconds. Effectively cant be lower than 1.

journal

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled, writes events and its data to “journal.dat” and journaldata.dat”

timescale

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Scale of which time passes by

showdrop

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles information of dropped packet traffic

showpackets

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles information of packet traffic

version

Type	String
Default	“ET 2.60b ” CPUSTRING ” May 8 2006”
Description	Contains the installed version. CPUSTRING is platform specific.

viewlog

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Used for dedicated server to control the state of viewlog

Value	Effect
0	Hidden / Disabled
1	visible
2	Minimized

CG_ (Client Game)

CVAR Types

User cvars
Developer cvars

User cvars 

cg_activateLean

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Lean using left/right strafe keys when `+activate` is held

cg_allowGeoIP

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Allows sending your geolocation based off your IP address to the server

The location is used to display countryflags on scoreboard, and append country to connection message

cg_altHud

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Choose from different premade HUD styles

Value	Effect
0	Default HUD
1	Alternative hud 1
2	Alternative hud 2
3	Alternative hud 3

Works in combination with cg_altHudFlags.

cg_altHudFlags

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Move the spawn timer and mission timer and other HUD elements to an alternative location.

Value	Effect
0	Default HUD
1	Moves timers to a alternative position
2	Removes ranks
4	Moves popups to a alternative position

This cvar will be removed in the future, see HUD Rework.

cg_announcer

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles the announcer voice on map start “FIGHT!” and “Prepare to Fight!”

cg_atmosphericEffects

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles display of atmospheric map effects like rain and snow

cg_autoAction

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Automatically start the selected actions when a match starts

Value	Effect
0	No action
1	Record demo at start of map / round
2	Screenshot at end of map / round
4	Save player stats to .txt file on disk

See Path and File Structure for where to find the saved files.

cg_autoActivate

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles automatically picking up items such as ammo/health packs, weapons, objectives, etc

cg_autoFolders

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Store screenshots, stats and demos created by cg_autoAction to a subfolder named `YYYY-MM`

Also applies to autoScreenshot command.

cg_autoMapZoom

Type	Range
Default	5.159
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Adjust the zoom level of the compass minimap. Menu is limited to 7.43. Higher value is more zoomed in.

cg_autoReload

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Automatically reload weapon when clip becomes empty. Keep in mind that reloading can’t be cancelled!

cg_autoSwitch

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Automatically switch to a new weapon when picking one up

CAREFUL: Do not confuse with cg_noAmmoAutoSwitch!

cg_bannerTime

Type	Range
Default	10000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Set the time a banner stays visible, in milliseconds

cg_bloodDamageBlend

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Opacity of on-screen blood splatter effect when you are being shot

Menu entries are None, Light, Medium, Heavy, Full. Value increased by 0.25 per step respectively.

cg_bloodFlash

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Opacity of blood flashes displayed at the edges of the screen when getting shot

Menu entries are None, Light, Medium, Heavy, Full. Value increased by 0.25 per step respectively.

The flash position around the screen edges indicates the direction from which you are being shot from

cg_bloodFlashTime

Type	Range
Default	1500
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Duration of blood flashes, in milliseconds

cg_bloodTime

Type	Range
Default	120
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Duration of blood puddle effects _(walls, floors, etc.)_ in seconds

See also: cg_brassTime and cg_markTime

cg_bobbing

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggle bobbing effect. Bobbing simulates head movement by bobbing the view when moving around.

This combines the historical cg_runpitch, cg_runroll, cg_bobup, cg_bobpitch and cg_bobroll into one cvar

Also affects sniper scopes when moving around while scoped

cg_brassTime

Type	Range
Default	2500
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Duration ejected bullet shells last for, in milliseconds

Menu entries are Off, Med, High. Values are 0, 2500 and 15000 respectively.

See also: cg_bloodTime and cg_markTime

cg_centerTime

Type	Range
Default	5
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Duration for which center print popups are displayed, in seconds

See example

See also: cg_fontScaleCP

cg_chatAlpha

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Set chat opacity

cg_chatBackgroundAlpha

Type	Range
Default	0.66
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Set chat background opacity

cg_chatFlags

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Draw team flags on chat

cg_chatLineWidth

Type	Range
Default	70
Range	any positive integer
Description	Set number of characters in chat before a line break (includes player name and possible location string)

cg_chatScale

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Set chat scale

cg_chatShadow

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Draw shadow on chat

cg_chatX

Type	Range
Default	160
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Set chat x position, in pixels

cg_chatY

Type	Range
Default	478
Range	any positive integer
Description	Set chat y position, in pixels

cg_complaintPopUp

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display the UI popup to file complaints against teammates who teamkill you

See example

When disabled, you’ll automatically send a “no” response

cg_coronaFarDist

Type	Range
Default	1536
Range	any positive integer
Description	Maximum distance coronas are displayed before fading from view

Menu entries are Off, Near, Normal, Far. Values are 0, 800 and 1536, 4096, 16000 respectively.

See cg_coronas for toggling the effect.

cg_coronas

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Toggles the display of coronas

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled
2	Traces everything and ignores cg_coronaFarDist

See cg_coronaFarDist for adjusting the draw distance of the effect.

cg_countryflags

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Displays players’ country flags in scoreboard

See example

If a player has cg_allowGeoIP disabled, their flag will be shown as a UN flag.

cg_crosshairAlpha

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Transparency level for the primary crosshair image

cg_crosshairAlphaAlt

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Transparency level for the secondary crosshair image

cg_crosshairColor

Type	String
Default	“white”
Description	Set the colour for the primary crosshair image. For menu values see Menu Colors. You can also use custom Hex colour codes in this format: 0xFF1E00

See example

cg_crosshairColorAlt

Type	String
Default	“white”
Description	Set the colour for the secondary crosshair image. For menu values see Menu Colors. You can also use custom Hex colour codes in this format: 0xFF1E00

See example

cg_crosshairHealth

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Colors the crosshair based on current health. Overrides cg_crosshairColor settings

See example

cg_crosshairPulse

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Increases the crosshair spread/sizing while moving, shooting, etc. to provide a visual representation of actual weapon spread

See example

cg_crosshairSize

Type	Range
Default	48
Range	any positive integer
Description	Size of the displayed crosshair, in pixels

Menu entries are Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Huge. Values are 24, 32, 48, 64 and 96 respectively.

See example

cg_crosshairX

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive/negative integer
Description	Offset of the crosshair position on-screen, in pixels. Moves left or right.

Max left value = (Your resolution / 2) * -1

Max right value = (Your resolution / 2)

See example

cg_crosshairY

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive/negative integer
Description	Offset of the crosshair position on-screen, in pixels. Moves up or down.

Max left value = (Your resolution / 2) * -1

Max right value = (Your resolution / 2)

See example

cg_cursorHints

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Displays hint and information icons for certain actions when near interactive objects

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Size Pulse
2	Strobe Pulse
3	Alpha Pulse
4	Solid

See example

cg_cycleAllWeaps

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	When enabled loops around while cycling through inventory. Include non-weapon items when cycling through inventory.

cg_drawBreathPuffs

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles drawing puffs of breath when standing on ‘snow’ surfaces

cg_drawCompass

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Display the HUD compass

Value	Effect
0	Disable compass
1	Selects default compass
2	Selects alternative compass

cg_drawCompassIcons

Type	Bitflag
Default	7
Description	Show icons on compass

Value	Effect
0	No icons
1	All icons
2	No secondary objective icons
4	No primary objective icons

cg_drawCrosshair

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Choose from different premade crosshairs

See Crosshairs

cg_drawCrosshairInfo

Type	Bitflag
Default	3
Description	Displays player info when the crosshair is over a teammate

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Shows player class
2	Shows player rank
4	Shows player prestige

See example

Flag 4 requires server to have g_prestige enabled

cg_drawCrosshairNames

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Display names of teammates when hovering over them with your crosshair

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled, white names
2	Enabled, coloured names

See example

See also: cg_fontScaleCN

cg_drawCrosshairPickups

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Give pickup items a highlight. Very subtle.

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled when aiming at objective
2	Always enabled

See example

Value 1 requires you to be within 255 in-game units of the objective for highlighting to be visible.

cg_drawEnvAwareness

Type	Bitflag
Default	7
Description	Display objective icons on HUD

Value	Effect
0	No icons
1	All icons
2	No secondary objective icons
4	No primary objective icons

cg_drawFireteamOverlay

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display Fireteam HUD window.

See example

cg_drawFPS

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Display a FPS counter in the HUD below the compass.

See example

cg_drawGun

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Display equipped weapon

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled
2	Don’t draw primary and secondary weapons

See example

cg_drawNotifyText

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggle prefixing certain messages with `[skipnotify]`. Only applies to logfiles and TTY output.

cg_drawPing

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Display the ping in the HUD below the compass

See example

cg_drawReinforcementTime

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display reinforcement(spawn) timer for your team in the HUD below the compass (in light blue)

See example

See also: cg_drawRoundTimer

cg_drawRoundTimer

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display remaining mission time in the HUD below the compass

See example

NOTE: Also disables cg_drawReinforcementTime

cg_drawSmallPopupIcons

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Use small icons for obituary messages

See example

See also: cg_fontScaleSP

cg_drawSnapshot

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display the snapshot counter in the HUD

See example

cg_drawSpectatorNames

Type	List
Default	2
Description	Display names of players when spectating or playing demos

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled, white names
2	Enabled, coloured names

cg_drawSpeed

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Displays current player speed in the HUD below the compass

See example

Unit of speed can be changed with cg_drawUnit

cg_drawSpreadScale

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Displays a coloured bar on the left of the screen showing the current weapon spread. Increases when turning around, shooting, etc.

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled, for scoped weapons
2	Enabled, for all weapons

See example

cg_drawTime

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Display local time

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled (required for other options)
2	Draw seconds
4	Use 12h clock

See example

cg_drawUnit

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Set unit system

Value	Effect
0	Unit
1	Metric
2	Imperial

cg_drawWeaponIconFlash

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Flashes the weapon icon on the bottom right during certain events

See example

cg_descriptiveText

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Displays help text about following other players while spectating/in limbo, or about tapping out when wounded and waiting for a medic

See example

cg_draw2D

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display all UI and HUD elements

See example

Crosshair is drawn even when disabled

cg_dynamicIcons

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggle player icon scaling for command map

cg_dynamicIconsDistance

Type	Range
Default	400
Range	any positive integer
Description	Distance between players when scaling down starts, in in-game units

cg_dynamicIconsMaxScale

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Max scale of icons. When ‘cg_dynamicIconsMaxScale’ and cg_dynamicIconsMinScale are equal the icons will stay the same size, allowing you to control just the size of the icons when enabling dynamic icons.

cg_dynamicIconsMinScale

Type	Range
Default	0.5
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Max scale of icons. When ‘cg_dynamicIconsMinScale’ and cg_dynamicIconsMaxScale are equal the icons will stay the same size, allowing you to control just the size of the icons when enabling dynamic icons.

cg_dynamicIconsSize

Type	Range
Default	20
Range	any positive integer
Description	Player icon size, in pixels

cg_fireteamAlpha

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Sets the opacity of the fireteam overlay including text etc.

cg_fireteamBgAlpha

Type	Range
Default	0.3
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Sets the background opacity of the fireteam overlay

cg_fireteamLatchedClass

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Draw latched class of fireteam members in the fireteam overlay

See example

cg_fireteamLocationAlign

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Specifies alignment of location string in fireteam overlay

Value	Effect
-1	Left align (static)
0	Left align (dynamic)
1	Right align (static/dynamic)

Combine this with cg_locationMaxChars to reserve space for location field in fireteam overlay. When cg_locationMaxChars is set, using -1 or 1 will force the location field to be staticly sized with the location string aligned to left or right respectively.

cg_fireteamNameAlign

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	ESpecifies alignment of player names in fireteam overlay

Value	Effect
-1	Left align (static)
0	Left align (dynamic)
1	Right align (static/dynamic)

-Combine this with cg_fireteamNameMaxChars to reserve space for name field in fireteam overlay. When cg_fireteamNameMaxChars is set, using -1 or 1 will force the name field to be staticly sized with the player names aligned to left or right respectively.

cg_fireteamNameMaxChars

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - 36
Description	Specify a max amount of characters drawn per name in the fireteam overlay. 0 = no limit

cg_fireteamSprites

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Draw small triangles above players’ heads who are part of your fireteam

cg_fontScaleCN

Type	Range
Default	0.25
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Font scale for entitiy/player names when aiming crosshair at them

See example

See: cg_drawCrosshairNames

cg_fontScaleCP

Type	Range
Default	0.22
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Font scale for center prints

See example

See also: cg_centerTime

cg_fontScaleSP

Type	Range
Default	0.22
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Font scale for side prints

See example

See also: cg_drawSmallPopupIcons and cg_graphicObituaries

cg_fontScaleTP

Type	Range
Default	0.35
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Font scale for top of the screen prints

cg_etVersion

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Shows client mod version when connected to a server

cg_fov

Type	Range
Default	90
Range	75 - 160
Description	Sets the Field of View

Legacy mod uses Hor+ FOV calculation, while original ET (and most mods) use Vert-. See field of view scaling methods.

cg_gibs

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	When enabled, body parts are created when players get gibbed (exploded, crushed etc.)

Also requires cg_showBlood to be enabled

cg_graphicObituaries

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Display simple graphic kill messages instead of text-based messages

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Victim -> Weapon -> Killer
2	Killer -> Weapon -> Victim

See example

See also: cg_fontScaleSP

cg_gunX

Type	Range
Default	0 (center)
Range	any positive or negative decimal
Description	Offset of equipped weapon on screen along the X-axis, in in-game units

See example

cg_gunY

Type	Range
Default	0 (center)
Range	any positive or negative decimal
Description	Offset of equipped weapon on screen along the Y-axis, in in-game units

See example

cg_gunZ

Type	Range
Default	0 (center)
Range	any positive or negative decimal
Description	Offset of equipped weapon on screen along the Z-axis, in in-game units

See example

cg_healthDynamicColor

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled, health text on HUD will be colored dynamically based off your current health

cg_hitSounds

Type	Bitflag
Default	1
Description	Set active hit sounds. Current implementation does not adhere to default bitflag behaviour

Value	Effect
0	None
1	All
3	Disable body hitsounds
5	Disable headshot hitsounds
7	Disable body and headshot hitsounds
11	Disable body and team hitsounds
13	Disable headshot and team hitsounds
25	Disable team hitsounds

cg_instantTapOut

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Puts you directly into the respawn queue without waiting for a revive. Only works in LMS game mode or on servers with limited lives set.

cg_lagometer

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Displays a lag’o’meter in the HUD below the compass checking for lag spikes

See example

cg_letterbox

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Adds an overlay to the game underneath the HUD at the bottom and top of the screen simulating widescreen

See example

cg_locationMaxChars

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - 128
Description	Specify a max amount of characters drawn for locations. 0 = no limit

cg_locations

Type	Bitflag
Default	3
Description	Specifies how locations are displayed. Uses data from loc.dat file.

Value	Effect
0	Off
1	Show locations in fireteam
2	Show locations in team chat and fireteam chat
4	Show location where landmines are spotted
8	Substitute “Unknown” locations with coordinates
16	Show only coordinates
32	Show distance to other clients

Team chat and fireteam chat will always display coordinates even when set to 0

Flag 32 cannot be combined with locations or coordinates

cg_logFile

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	If set, will write a logfile containing chat to `fs_homepath/legacy` folder with the name provided. If empty, logging is disabled.

Not to be confused with the engine cvar logfile

cg_markTime

Type	Range
Default	20000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of bullet marks on walls, in milliseconds

See also: cg_brassTime and cg_bloodTime

cg_muzzleFlash

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles display of muzzle flash when shooting

See example

cg_noAmmoAutoSwitch

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Automatically switch to a new weapon when out of ammunition

This only takes effect when totally running out of ammo, see also cg_autoReload

CAREFUL: Do not confuse with cg_autoSwitch!

cg_optimizePrediction

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables unlagged optimized prediction

See unlagged page for technical information.

cg_popupFadeTime

Type	Range
Default	2500
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of the fading effect of popup messages, in milliseconds

This is added on top of cg_popupStayTime

See also: cg_popupStayTime and cg_popupFilter

cg_popupBigFilter

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Filter promotion popups

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Filter skill promotions
2	Filter rank promotions
4	Filter prestige promotions

cg_popupFilter

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Filter message popups

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Filter connect
2	Filter team join
4	Filter mission
8	Filter pickup
16	Filter death

See also: cg_popupStayTime and cg_popupFadeTime

cg_popupShadow

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Draw shadow on popups

cg_popupStayTime

Type	Range
Default	2000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration for which popup messages stay active, in milliseconds

See also: cg_popupFadeTime and cg_popupFilter

cg_popupTime

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration between popups appearing. A side effect is that it increases stay time as well.

cg_predefinedDemoKeys

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Use predefined key bindings to control actions in a demo such as fast forward. This way existing binds are ignored.

cg_predictItems

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables prediction for item pickups

TODO: remove, item pickups are always predicted in ET (also remove from clientflags)

cg_printObjectiveInfo

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Prints important game messages to the console

cg_quickChat

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Specify receiver of quick radio messages. Quick radio messages are triggered when using `weapalt` and holding a specific weapon.

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Team chat
2	Fireteam chat

List of possible quick chats:

Dynamite - Explore the area!

Smoke grenade - Go undercover/Infiltrate!

Airstrike can/grenades - Fire in the hole!

Pliers = Cover me/I need backup/Clear the path!

Satchel = Let’s go!

Medkit/syringe = I’m a medic.

Ammokit = I’m a field ops.

cg_quickMessageAlt

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles using numbers instead of letters for the quick chat menu

See example

cg_scopedSensitivityScaler

Type	Range
Default	0.6
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Set scoped mouse sensitivity. The value is a scalar used to calculate the sensitivity depending on field of view when scoped(zoom value). This makes it possible to have a other sensitivity while scoped.

cg_scoreboard

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Used to cycle between XP and Skill Rating (SR) scoreboard

Value	Effect
0	XP
1	Skill Rating
2	Prestige

Skill rating and Prestige scoreboards require server to have g_skillRating and g_prestige enabled, respectively

This cvar is automatically cycled when double tapping +scores`

See example

cg_shadows

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Display player shadows underneath the player

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Blob
2	Stencil
3	Projection
4	Polygon

NOTE: Stencil, Projection and Polygon are currently disabled.

See example

cg_sharetimerText

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Specify a custom text to announce the next enemy spawn. Use ${nextspawn} and ${enemylimbotime} as variables. See the sharetimer commands

cg_shoutcastDrawHealth

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Display player health above them in shoutcaster mode

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Show health as text
2	Show health as a bar

cg_shoutcastDrawMinimap

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display minimap while in shoutcaster mode

cg_shoutcastDrawPlayers

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display player lists while in shoutcaster mode

cg_shoutcastDrawTeamNames

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display team names while in shoutcaster mode

cg_shoutcastGrenadeTrail

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Display red trail for grenades while in shoutcaster mode

cg_shoutcastTeamNameBlue

Type	String
Default	“Allies”
Description	Set allies team name (‘allies’ if empty) while in shoutcaster mode

cg_shoutcastTeamNameRed

Type	String
Default	“Axis”
Description	Set axis team name (‘Axis’ if empty) while in shoutcaster mode

cg_showBlood

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles showing blood spurt effect when players are shot

Must be enabled for cg_gibs to work.

cg_showMiss

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Print faulty predictions into the console, for debugging purposes

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Generic prediction errors
2	Display number of predicted/played back frames per snapshot
4	Prints current cg_pmove servertime and local cgame time
8	Prints information about prediction error return codes

Flag 2 requires cg_optimizePrediction to be enabled

See example

cg_simpleItems

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Use minimalistic icons for item pick-ups

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled except objectives
2	Enabled for all items

See example

cg_simpleItemsScale

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	0.25 - 1.50
Description	Set scale of simple items

cg_skybox

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggle visibility of skyportal geometry, if a map has one.

cg_specHelp

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggle display of spectator help, only in multiview

cg_stats

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints client frame in the console, for debugging purposes

See example

cg_teamChatHeight

Type	Range
Default	8
Range	0 - 8
Description	Amount of lines of chat messages displayed at once (maximum)

cg_teamChatMention

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Prefixes messages with a yellow ‘> ‘ where you are mentioned. Mentioning someone is done through ‘@playername’, but is required to have a space before it.

cg_teamChatsOnly

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Filers global chat messages and only displays team and fireteam chat

cg_teamChatTime

Type	Range
Default	8000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of chat messages that are kept on display, in milliseconds

cg_tracers

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Choosing which tracers to display

Value	Effect
0	None
1	All tracers
2	Own tracers only
3	Other’s tracers only

cg_useWeapsForZoom

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Weapon switch will zoom in and out while scoped, rather than switch weapons

cg_visualEffects

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Draws additional visual effects (airstrike planes, debris)

See example

cg_voiceChats

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Play voice chat sound file in-game when using quick chat e.g. v21 for Need a Medic!

See also: cg_voiceText

cg_voiceText

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Show voice text lines in-game when using quick chat e.g. v21 for Need a Medic!

See also: cg_voiceChats

cg_voiceSpriteTime

Type	Range
Default	6000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of chat icons shown above players their head, in milliseconds

Ammo and medic request icons are displayed for twice the duration

See example

cg_weapAltReloads

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Allows reloading weapons without alternate fire mode by pressing `weapalt`

cg_weapaltSwitches

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Provide an alternative way to use an alt weapon by pressing the respective weaponbank bind

cg_weapAnims

Type	Bitflag
Default	15
Description	Set which weapon animations to play

Value	Effect
0	None
1	Move
2	Firing
4	Reload
8	Switch

cg_weaponCycleDelay

Type	Range
Default	150
Range	any positive integer
Description	Ignores additional weapon switches for the set duration after a weapon switch has begun, preventing accidental double weapon switches. Value in milliseconds.

cg_zoomDefaultSniper

Type	Range
Default	20
Range	4 - 32
Description	Set the default zoom level for sniper scopes and binoculars

cg_zoomStepSniper

Type	Range
Default	2
Range	0 - 28
Description	Specifies the amount of levels one key activation zooms in or out.

Applies to scoped Garand/K43 and binoculars.

See cg_zoomDefaultSniper for the step range.

Developer cvars 

A cheat protected cvar is usually used by developers to help during development.

cg_animSpeed

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Display of player animations

See also: cg_noPlayerAnims

cg_debugAnim

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Used to debug player model and weapon animations by printing info

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Player animations
2	Weapon animations
3	Old and current weapon animations
4	Print debug when time > lf->frameTime

See example

cg_debugBullets

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Displays a line from bullet start point to end point

Works similar to g_debugBullets, but is client sided only

See cg_railTrailTime

cg_debugEvents

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Used to debug entity events. When enabled, prints debug information in the console.

See example

cg_debugPlayerHitboxes

Type	Bitflag
Default	1
Description	Used to debug player hitboxes

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Other players
2	Self

cg_debugPosition

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Used to debug player entity yaw angle. When enabled, prints debug information in the console.

See example

cg_debugSkills

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints debug information to console when gaining a skill level and/or xp. Exact circumstances are unknown.

cg_errorDecay

Type	Range
Default	100
Range	0 - 500
Description	Decay prediction errors over several frames instead of correcting in one jerk, in frames

cg_gun_frame

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - Maximum frame of current gun animation
Description	Disable weapon animations and only display the animation frame specified

cg_noPlayerAnims

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles display of player animations. If enabled, animation is fixed in a single frame.

See also: cg_animSpeed

cg_noPredict

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles prediction of player actions e.g. movement

cg_railTrailTime

Type	Range
Default	750
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies the time the trail a bullet takes is visualized, in milliseconds

See also cg_debugBullets and cg_debugPlayerHitboxes

cg_swingSpeed

Type	Range
Default	0.1
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Speed at which the thirdperson player model turns around when looking around

cg_thirdPerson

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables a thirdperson perspective

See example

cg_thirdPersonAngle

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - 360
Description	Specifies the angle of the thirdperson perspective, angle in degrees

See example

cg_thirdPersonRange

Type	Range
Default	80
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies the distance from camera to player origin, in in-game units

See example

cg_tracerChance

Type	Range
Default	0.4
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Probability that a shot creates a bullet tracer, % in decimal

cg_tracerLength

Type	Range
Default	160
Range	any positive integer
Description	Length of bullet tracers, in in-game units

cg_tracerSpeed

Type	Range
Default	4500
Range	any positive integer
Description	Speed of bullet tracers, in in-game units

cg_tracerWidth

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Width of bullet tracers

cg_uinfo

Type	String
Default	“0”
Description	Displays three numbers representing client flags, `cl_timenudge` and `cl_maxpackets`. Client flags is a bitflag value consisting of various cvars.

Client flags include cg_autoReload, cg_autoAction, cg_autoactivate, cg_predictItems and cg_activateLean.

CL_ (Client Engine)

CVAR Types

User cvars
Developer cvars

CL_ related CVARS without prefix

etVersion
name
rate
password
sensitivity
snaps
timedemo
activeAction

User cvars 

cl_allowDownload

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Download missing files when available

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled
2	Enabled, with sound suppressed

See also: cl_wwwDownload

cl_angleSpeedKey

Type	Range
Default	1.5
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Adjust speed for turning when walking (+speed)

cl_aviDemo

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies framerate, must be a divisor of the audio rate

cl_aviDemoType

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Display names of players when spectating or playing demos

Value	Effect
0/1	Uses traditional avidemo. Takes screenshots at value of cl_avidemo per second. Results in an image sequence.
2	Outputs directly into a video file. At value of cl_avidemo per second.

cl_aviMotionJpeg

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables motion JPEG codec for recording, instead of uncompressed capture

Only works with cl_aviDemoType 2

cl_cacheGathering

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables data caching in the renderer. Maps load faster when loaded again.

cl_conXOffset

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Indents notify messages

See also: con_drawNotify

cl_consoleKeys

Type	String
Default	“~ ` 0x7e 0x60”
Description	Bind opening the console to the specified key or key code

See also: in_keyboardDebug

cl_debugMove

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Display a bar on the bottom of the screen containing bar charts representing mouse movement

See example

cl_doubleTapDelay

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Set the delay time between key presses required to be a double-tap, in milliseconds

cl_extrapolationMargin

Type	Range
Default	1
Range	0 - 10
Description	Margin between server and client time used for extrapolation

cl_forceAviDemo

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description

cl_freeLook

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables ‘freelook’. When “disabled” only left/right camera movement is possible, up/down is deactivated.

cl_freezeDemo

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Lock or freeze a demo in its current frame. Useful for per frame advances.

NOTE: This freezes both time and movement. Spectator camera can’t be moved around.

cl_lang

Type	String
Default	“en”
Description	Set the language of the game. See Supported Languages

ET: Legacy comes with translations created by the community. In case you would like to contribute, please refer to “Transifex”:https://www.transifex.com/etlegacy/etlegacy/

cl_langDebug

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints a list of missing translations for the selected language to console and also creates a text file with missing translations

cl_maxPackets

Type	Range
Default	125
Range	15 - 125
Description	Cap for upstream data packet transmissions

cl_maxPing

Type	Range
Default	800
Range	100 - 999
Description	Specify the max allowed ping to a server. Servers exceeding this ping will not be displayed in the server browser.

cl_mouseAccel

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Specifies how fast your mouse accelerates in-game.

cl_noPrint

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Disable printing of information in the console

cl_packetDup

Type	Range
Default	1
Range	0 - 5
Description	Number of duplicate packets for every packet sent upstream, decreases chance of packet loss at the cost of more bandwidth usage.

cl_pitchSpeed

Type	Range
Default	140
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specify the speed of +up and +down keys

cl_renderer

Type	String
Default	“opengl1”
Description	Set your desired renderer

Possible values: “opengl1”; “opengl2”

NOTE: “opengl2” remains in experimental state for now.

cl_run

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggle between walking and running

cl_serverStatusResendTime

Type	Range
Default	750
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Time between resending server status requests if no response is received, in milliseconds

cl_showMouseRate

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints the speed of mouse movement to the console in ‘rate’ and effective ‘accelSensitivity’(sensitivity + rate * mouse accel * scaled by fov)

See example

cl_showNet

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Display names of players when spectating or playing demos

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Prints size of received messages to console
2	Prints readcount of received message its type
3	Prints delta from previously received message in addition to information from ‘cl_showNet 2’
4	Prints stats received message in addition to information from ‘cl_showNet 2’

See example

cl_showNumEnts

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints the number of entities per packet to the console

See example

cl_showSend

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints each sent packet to the console

See example

cl_showServerCommands

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Print received server commands to console

Only works if in debug mode e.g. developer = 1

cl_showTimeDelta

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints the time delta of each packet to the console

See example

cl_timeNudge

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	-30 - 30
Description	Allows more or less latency to be added in the interest of better smoothness or better responsiveness. A better alternative is antilag.

cl_timeout

Type	Range
Default	200
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of receiving nothing from server for client to decide it must be disconnected, in seconds. Also acts as a max download time.

cl_waveFileRecord

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Start recording a .wav audio file upon loading a demo

cl_wwwDownload

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables faster downloads through http/ftp when configured correctly by the server

See also: cl_allowDownload and sv_wwwBaseURL

cl_yawSpeed

Type	Range
Default	140
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specify the speed of +left and +right keys

Developer cvars 

cl_packetDelay

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Simulates packet delay, artificially increasing ping to server. Can be used to simulate ping on localhost

See also: showpackets, cl_packetLoss, sv_packetloss and sv_packetdelay

cl_packetLoss

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Simulates packet loss

See also: showpackets, cl_packetDelay, sv_packetloss and sv_packetdelay

cl_autoRecord

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles automatically recording a demo. This happens upon loading of a map instead of the start of a round like cg_autoAction does.

cl_bypassMouseInput

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Used to bypass mouse input in-game while menus are active.

cl_defaultProfile

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Read-only CVAR setting the default user profile. Go to the PROFILE section in the main menu to set a default profile.

See also: cl_profile

cl_demoFileName

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Read-only CVAR displaying currently recording demo name

cl_demoOffset

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Read-only CVAR used to indicate size of the recording, in bytes.

cl_demoRecording

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Read-only CVAR internally used to know when the game is recording. e.g. used for showing to the player that a demo is being recorded.

cl_downloadName

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Stores name of file you’re downloading when connecting to a server

See example

cl_guid

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	A GUID, sometimes also referred to as “etkey”, is an automatically generated alpha-numerical sequence used to uniquely identify players

It is stored in the etkey file Path and File Structure and in-game in this read-only CVAR.

cl_noDelta

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled sets last snapshot / frame to NULL so there is nothing to delta from

cl_paused

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Read-only CVAR to toggle functionality of paused games

cl_profile

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Read-only CVAR specifying the currently selected profile. To change the profile, you need to go to the “PROFILE” section in the main menu.

See also: cl_defaultProfile

cl_running

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Can be used to check the status of the client game

cl_waveFileName

Type	String
Default	“white”
Description	Read-only CVAR displaying currently recording demo name

cl_waveOffset

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Read-only CVAR used for wave demo recording

cl_waveRecording

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Read-only CVAR used to indicate size of the recording, in bytes.

COM_ (Common)

CVAR Types

User cvars
Developer cvars

COM_related CVARS without prefix

logfile
timedemo
dedicated
developer
fixedtime
timescale
version
viewlog

User cvars 

com_altivec

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggle altivec support. Enables SIMD for specific processors. See altivec

com_ansiColor

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables color output in the system console

com_buildScript

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Force loading of all possible data and error on failures for automated data building scripts

com_hunkMegs

Type	Range
Default	128
Range	64 and above. (1 if dedicated)
Description	Amount of memory (RAM) assigned to the hunk, in MB

See also: com_soundMegs and com_zoneMegs

com_ignoreCrash

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Let ET override CVAR_UNSAFE in case of crash

See also: com_crashed

com_introPlayed

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Was used to determine if the intro should be played or not

com_maxFPS

Type	Range
Default	125
Range	20 -333
Description	Specifies the maximum frames per second the game can reach for a stable render rate

com_soundMegs

Type	Range
Default	160
Range	any positive integer
Description	Amount of memory (RAM) allocated for loading sound files, in MB

See also: com_hunkMegs and com_zoneMegs

com_watchdog

Type	Range
Default	60
Range	any positive integer
Description	Handles server crashes. Check whether the game died with an ERR_DROP or any situation leading to server running with no map

See also: com_watchdog_cmd

com_watchdog_cmd

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	CVAR specifying the actions in an event where com_watchdog triggers. When empty the default command used is quit. This is not reflected by the default value

See also: com_watchdog

com_zoneMegs

Type	Range
Default	64
Range	64 and above
Description	Amount of memory (RAM) allocated for the random block zone, in MB

NOTE: “com_zoneMegs” can only be set on the command line, and not in etconfig.cfg or Com_StartupVariable.

See also: com_hunkMegs and com_soundMegs

Developer cvars 

com_crashed

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Set in case of a crash, prevents CVAR_UNSAFE variables from being set from a cfg

See also: com_ignoreCrash

com_downloadURL

Type	String
Default	“http://mirror.etlegacy.com/etmain”
Description	Specifies the address which is used for the download command. Read-only.

See the “download” command in commands

com_hunkUsed

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - value of com_hunkMegs`_ * 1024 * 1024
Description	Size of the currently used hunk, in bytes

com_errorDiagnoseIP

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Stores the address when connecting and gets cleared when connection is successful

com_masterServer

Type	String
Default	“master.etlegacy.com”
Description	Sets the address for the master server. Default port 27950.

See also: sv_master1 and sv_master2

com_minimized

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Used to catch the state of the game. Is the window minimized or not?

com_missingFiles

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Storing information regarding missing files, used for displaying error messages to the user

com_motd

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables automatically requesting the message of the day to be able to display it

com_motdServer

Type	String
Default	“motd.etlegacy.com”
Description	Allow to override the default motd server. Default port 27951.

com_motdString

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	The official ET: Legacy “message of the day” string used to communicate news to players

com_pid

Type	Range
Default	No default
Range	any positive integer
Description	Read-only CVAR storing process id

com_pidFile

Type	String
Default	“profiles/name/profile.pid” = client, “etlegacy_server.pid” = server
Description	Full path to the pid file (contains process id)

com_recommendedSet

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled, the game uses default (recommended) values during profile creation

com_showTrace

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints trace information to the console. Used for debugging.

See example

com_speeds

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Prints speed information per frame to the console. Used for debugging.

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled, print frame speed information to console
3	Enabled, print server packet time and frame speed information to console

See example

com_unfocused

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	A state cvar to change behaviour when window is active or not. If unfocused, mouse cursor is not captured.

com_updateAvailable

Type	List
Default	0
Description	If there is a new version of the client available compared to the version installed, this CVAR is enabled. Read-only internally used. Feature is disabled.

Value	Effect
0	Signals no update available
1	Signals update available
2	Will set com_updatefiles with the files to update and when forceUpdate is enabled will auto-update

com_updateFiles

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Stores information regarding remaining files needed for the update

See also: com_updateAvailable

com_updateMessage

Type	String
Default	“New version available. Do you want to update now?”
Description	Stores the string used for the pop-up when there is a new update

com_updateServer

Type	String
Default	“update.etlegacy.com”
Description	Allow to override the default update server. Default port is 27951.

CON_ (Console)

CVAR Types

User cvars

User cvars 

con_autoClear

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	When enabled clears not yet send console input after closing the console

con_background

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Console background color in normalized RGBA format, eg. “0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8”. Each number is between a range of 0.0 until 1.0.

con_defaultHeight

Type	Range
Default	0.5
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Amount of height the console takes space over the screen.

con_openspeed

Type	Range
Default	3
Range	any positive integer
Description	Speed at which the console opens

con_drawNotify

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints the last few lines of console output transparently on the top left of the screen

See also: con_notifyTime, con_numNotifies

con_notifyTime

Type	Range
Default	7
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration for which the notification prints on the top of the screen are displayed, in seconds

See also: con_drawNotify, con_numNotifies

con_numNotifies

Type	Range
Default	4
Range	0 - 10
Description	Number of drawable notifies

See also: con_drawNotify, con_numNotifies

NET_ (Network)

CVAR Types

User cvars
Developer cvars

NET_ related CVARS without prefix

showdrop
showpackets

User cvars 

net_enabled

Type	Bitflag
Default	3 for client, 1 for server
Description	Enables specified network capabilities

Value	Effect
0	Disables network capabilities
1	Enables use of ipv4 connections
2	Enables use of ipv6 connections. Ipv4 will be used if available due to ping.
4	Prioritizes ipv6 connections when possible
8	Disables ipv6 multicast support

net_ip

Type	String
Default	“0.0.0.0”
Description	Ipv4 address to bind to relay connection

net_ip6

Type	String
Default	“::”
Description	Ipv6 address to bind to relay connection

net_mcast6addr

Type	String
Default	“ff04::696f:7175:616b:6533”
Description	Multicast address for ipv6

net_mcast6iface

Type	String
Default	“0” on win32, “” on other platforms
Description	Multicast interace for ipv6

net_port

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	1 - 65535
Description	Ipv4 address port to bind to relay connection

net_port6

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	1 - 65535
Description	Ipv6 address port to bind to relay connection

net_socksEnabled

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled uses a secure socket connection to proxy to a gameserver

net_socksPassword

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Password used to authenticate with SOCKS server

net_socksPort

Type	Range
Default	1080
Range	1 - 65535
Description	Port used to connect to SOCKS server

net_socksServer

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Address used to connect to SOCKS server

net_socksUsername

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Username used to authenticate with SOCKS server

net_qport

Type	Range
Default	Random between range
Range	1 - 65535
Description	Used to circumvent a bug with NAT routers. The value is a random number set when the client starts up.

Qport was added to the NetChannel header to fix a bug. Before the qport, Quake server identified a client by the combination (remote IP,remote UDP port). This worked fine most of the time but certain NAT router can change their schema of port translation (remote UDP port) sporadically. UDP port being unreliable, John Carmack explained in one of his plans that he decided to identify a client by (remote IP, Qport in NetChannel header). This fixed the confusion and also allowed the server to adjust the target UDP response port on the fly.

Developer cvars 

net_dropsim

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0.0 - 1.0
Description	Percentage in decimal value to simulate packet drops

DEMO_ (Demo)

demo_autoTimeScale

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “1” = enabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Automatically adjust demo playback speed depending on currently active weapon?

demo_autoTimeScaleWeapons

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “0” = disabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Define timescales for different weapons?

demo_avifpsF1

Default: “0” | Possible values:

Presets for the rate of avi demos, in screenshots per second.

demo_avifpsF2

Default: “10” | Possible values:

Presets for the rate of avi demos, in screenshots per second.

demo_avifpsF3

Default: “15” | Possible values:

Presets for the rate of avi demos, in screenshots per second.

demo_avifpsF4

Default: “20” | Possible values:

Presets for the rate of avi demos, in screenshots per second.

demo_avifpsF5

Default: “24” | Possible values:

Presets for the rate of avi demos, in screenshots per second.

demo_drawTimeScale

{TODO} Only works if set before loading the demo. Can’t be changed during runtime of demo. Timescale pop-up only remains on-screen for a few seconds and then can’t be brought back.

Default: “1” = enabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Prints the current timescale (demo playback speed) on the screen.

demo_followDistance

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “50 0 20”| Possible values: integers for X Y Z

Specifies the distance from the player origin for all axes.

demo_freeCamSpeed

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “800”| Possible range: “0” = static [?]; < ?

Define the speed of the free camera, in in-game units per second

demo_infoWindow

{TODO} Only works if set before loading the demo. Can be activated if it was 0 before loading demo, but can’t be disabled/reactivated again.

Default: “1” = enabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Prints an infobox on the screen for useful keybinds.

demo_lookAt

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “-1”| Possible values:

Specify the number of the entity the camera should focus on.

demo_noPitch

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “1” = enabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Description needed.

demo_pvsHint

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “0” = disabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Description needed.

demo_teamOnlyMissileCam

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “0” = disabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Description needed.

demo_weaponCam

{TODO} Send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “0” = disabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Triggers weapon cam view.

demo_yawPitchRollSpeed

{TODO} Check description and send kemon a screenshot of it in action please.

Default: “140 140 140”| Possible values: integers for yawturn-; pitchturn-; roll-speed

Specifies the yawturn-, pitchturn- and roll-speed values for demo playback.

FS_ (File System)

NOTE: File system CVARs need to be set before game start and can’t be changed during runtime

fs_baseGame

{TODO} Description needed

Default: ” “| Possible values:

Write-protected CVAR displaying exactly what?

fs_basePath

{TODO} Displays only a single dot and not a path to the installation folder, why is that?

Default: “.”| Possible values:

Write-protected CVAR specifying the path to the ET installation folder.

See also: [[Path_and_file_structure#Homepath-fs_basepath|Path and File Structure]]

fs_debug

Default: “0” = disabled| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled

Run the game in debug mode. Prints additional information regarding read files into the console.

fs_game

Default: “legacy”| Possible values: mod names _(aka folder names in fs_homepath)_

Run the game with this default mod.

fs_homePath

Default: “OS dependent”:https://dev.etlegacy.com/projects/etlegacy/wiki/Path_and_file_structure#Homepath-fs_homepath| Possible values: paths to directories

Contains all downloaded pk3, log, config and extracted binary files.

See also: [[Path_and_file_structure#Homepath-fs_homepath|Path and File Structure]]

fs_openedList

{TODO} Please add explanation of difference to fs_referencedList to the description.

Default: ” “| Possible values:

Prints a list of opened PK3 names and their path to the console.

fs_referencedList

{TODO} Please add explanation of difference to fs_openedList to the description.

Default: ” “| Possible values:

Prints a list of referenced PK3 names to the console.

fs_gameDirVar

{TODO} CVAR looks unused. Safe to remove?

Default: ” “| Possible values:

Description needed.

G_ (Game)

CVAR Types

User cvars
Developer cvars

G_related CVARS without prefix

dedicated
developer
gamestate
timelimit
vote_flags

User cvars 

g_alliedMaxLives

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies the amount of lives each Allied player has individually. These lives are not shared across the team. The HUD counter seen in the screenshot displays the amount of respawns you have left.

See example

See also: g_axisMaxLives

g_alliedWins

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Stores the amount of wins of the Allied team in the currently active campaign

NOTE: For example the Allied team has three wins the CVAR has a value of 7 (1 + 2 + 4).

See also: g_axisWins

g_allowBotSwap

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Allows players to control a omnibot they are spectating from their team

g_altStopwatchMode

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Switches from A-B-B-A format to A-B-A-B in stopwatch mode

g_antiLag

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables modem-friendly server support

See example

g_antiwarp

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	TBA

g_autoFireteams

Type	List
Default	1
Description	Toggles players auto joining a fireteam

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled, provide the player with a popup asking to join a fireteam
2	Enabled, automatically joins the player to a fireteam without a popup

g_axisMaxLives

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies the amount of lives each Axis player has individually. These lives are not shared across the team. The HUD counter seen in the screenshot displays the amount of respawns you have left.

See example

See also: g_alliedMaxLives

g_axisWins

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Stores the amount of wins of the Axis team in the currently active campaign

NOTE: For example the Allied team has three wins the CVAR has a value of 7 (1 + 2 + 4).

See also: g_alliedWins

g_balancedTeams

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	When enabled, players are prevented from joining the team with more players.

See example

g_banIPs

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Prevents provided ip addresses from joining the server. List of ip addresses is separated by a space. Max length is 256 characters. Requires a trailing space.

See commands: listip, addip, removeip

See g_filterBan

g_bluelimbotime

Type	Range
Default	30000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Respawn timer of allies, time in milliseconds

g_campaignFile

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Path location to the .campaign file to load the desired campaign

g_complaintlimit

Type	Range
Default	6
Range	any positive integer
Description	The maximum number of complaints a player may receive before being kicked from a server

g_corpses

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Switches to dynamic queue system instead of a maximum body count of 8. This could theoretically cause a crash due to entity overflow.

g_countryflags

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Looks up country origin of connected ip addresses through geodata to be able to show country flags

g_covertopsChargeTime

Type	Range
Default	30000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies how long it takes to fully charge the charge bar for covert ops

g_currentCampaign

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Contains the name of the current campaign. Set internally, Read-only.

g_currentCampaignMap

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Contains the name of the current map when playing campaign. Set internally, Read-only.

See also: g_currentCampaign

g_currentRound

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Contains the number of the current round.

g_customConfig

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Automatically configure server to specified default settings, e.g. ‘legacy3’

g_disableComplaints

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Disables teamkill complaints of mines, airstrike and mortar

Value	Effect
0	Default HUD
1	Disables complaints for teamkills through mines
2	Disables complaints for teamkills through aistrikes
4	Disables complaints for teamkills through mortar

g_doWarmup

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Whether the server should require players to be ready before a match can start

See also: g_warmup

g_dropAmmo

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - 5(-1)
Description	Number of ammo packs dropped on fieldop death

g_dropHealth

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - 5(-1)
Description	Number of health packs dropped on medic death

g_dropObjDelay

Type	Range
Default	3000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Time to prevent the objective from being picked up after it has been dropped, in milliseconds

See command: “dropObj”

g_enforcemaxlives

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Temporarily ban players who don’t have any lives left between rounds

g_engineerChargeTime

Type	Range
Default	30000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies how long it takes to fully charge the charge bar for engineer

g_excludedMaps

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Excludes maps from being voted in intermission menu

g_extendedNames

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Allow extended ASCII characters in names. Extended ASCII chars have values between -128 and 0

g_fastres

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables faster revives

g_fastResMsec

Type	Range
Default	1000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of revive animation / invincibility stage, in milliseconds

Is currently not used anywhere

g_fieldopsChargeTime

Type	Range
Default	40000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies how long it takes to fully charge the charge bar for fieldop

g_filterBan

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Ip addresses matching the current list will be prohibited from entering the game. The list of addresses is stored in g_banIPs

See commands: listip, addip, removeip

g_filtercams

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prevents players from being shown in the objectives cam in the limbo menu

g_fixedphysics

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Force physics that is fps dependent to be fixed to the value of g_fixedphysicsfps

g_fixedphysicsfps

Type	Range
Default	125
Range	any positive integer
Description	Fps number used to determine physics behaviour

See also: g_fixedphysics

g_floodLimit

Type	Range
Default	5
Range	any positive integer
Description	Number of packets allowed before flood protection kicks in

See also: g_floodWait and g_floodProtection

g_floodProtection

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables flood protection, meaning clients get kicked when spamming commands to the server

See also: g_floodWait and g_floodLimit

g_floodWait

Type	Range
Default	1000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Minimum required time between packets received per client before flood protection kicks in, in milliseconds

See also: g_floodProtection and g_floodLimit

g_forcerespawn

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Time before you are automatically tapped out from wounded state, in seconds. Needs to be at least 1 to be enabled.

g_friendlyFire

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables teammates to hurt each other

g_gametype

Type	List
Default	4
Description	Defines one of the various game types to run on the server

Value	Effect
0	GT_SINGLE_PLAYER
1	GT_COOP
2	GT_WOLF
3	GT_WOLF_STOPWATCH
4	GT_WOLF_CAMPAIGN
5	GT_WOLF_LMS
6	GT_WOLF_MAPVOTE

g_gravity

Type	Range
Default	800
Range	any positive integer
Description	Controls the gravity that affects players. Lower is less gravitational pull

g_guidCheck

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Checks guid validity of connecting players - “1” prevents 2.60b clients without PB from connecting

g_heavyWeaponRestriction

Type	Range
Default	100
Range	0 - 100
Description	Percentage of team that can have heavy weapons

g_inactivity

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Max time (in sec) a player can remain idle before being kicked from the server (0 = disabled)

g_intermissionReadyPercent

Type	Range
Default	100
Range	0 - 100
Description	Percentage of ‘ready’ players required to start next map

g_intermissionTime

Type	Range
Default	60
Range	any positive integer
Description	Duration of intermission, in seconds

g_ipcomplaintlimit

Type	Range
Default	3
Range	0 - 5
Description	Limit of individual complaints before a player is kicked - 0 is disabled

g_knockback

Type	Range
Default	1000
Range	any positive integer
Description	force to be applied against a target as a result of damage

g_landminetimeout

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Remove landmines of the player that switches team or disconnects

g_lms_currentMatch

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	0 - g_lms_matchlimit
Description	Read-only value that contains the current match in LMS

g_lms_followTeamOnly

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Restricts player to be only able to spectate their teammates

g_lms_lockTeams

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Locks both teams when the warmup period is done and a match is started

g_lms_matchlimit

Type	Range
Default	2
Range	any positive integer
Description	Amount of matches to be played in LMS before going to the next map

g_lms_roundlimit

Type	Range
Default	3
Range	any positive integer above 3
Description	Maximum amount of rounds to be played to determine a team as winner or a draw to finnish a match. Winner is first to reach (round limit / 2) + 1

See also: g_currentRound, g_axisWins and g_alliedWins

g_lms_teamForceBalance

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Enables team balancing

See also: g_balancedTeams and g_teamForceBalance

g_log

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Path of file where server logging is written to

g_logSync

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Toggles writing of server logs from buffered to synchronized

g_mapConfigs

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Path of folder where map configs are located. A map config must have the same name as the map bsp, but with a .cfg extension

g_mapScriptDirectory

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Path of folder where map scripts are located. A map config must have the same name as the map bsp, but with a .script extension

g_mapVoteFlags

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Used when map voting is enabled. Allows to choose specific behaviour when voting.

Value	Effect
0	No flags
1	When the vote is tied the least played map is chosen
2	MAPVOTE_ALT_INTERMISSION (Not implemented)
4	Allows players to vote for multiple maps
8	MAPVOTE_NO_RANDOMIZE (Not implemented)
16	Allows next map vote to be called in MAPVOTE gamemode. When next map vote passes game continues to intermission and a other map can be voted.

g_maxGameClients

Type	Range
Default	0 (disabled)
Range	0 - sv_maxClients
Description	Limits the amount of clients that can join a team, regardless of how many can join the server

See also: g_minGameClients

g_maxlives

Type	Range
Default	0 (disabled)
Range	any positive integer
Description	Number of respawns a player has

See also: g_axisMaxLives and g_alliedMaxLives

g_maxlivesRespawnPenalty

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	How many respawns a player has to sit through before respawning again

g_maxMapsVotedFor

Type	Range
Default	6
Range	any positive integer
Description	How many maps are listed for a player to vote on

g_maxWarp

Type	Range
Default	4
Range	any positive integer
Description	Reduces how many frames a player can skip that causes warping. Needs to be tweaked depending on the value of sv_fps

If the value is too low it can cause high ping players to get stuck

g_medicChargeTime

Type	Range
Default	45000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies how long it takes to fully charge the charge bar for medics

g_minGameClients

Type	Range
Default	8
Range	0 - sv_maxClients
Description	Minimum amount of players needed to start a match

See also: match_minPlayers and g_maxGameClients

g_minMapAge

Type	Range
Default	3
Range	any positive integer
Description	Minimum amount of different maps played before a map can appear in the map voting

g_misc

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Enables various miscellaneous effects on the server

Value	Effect
0	No effects
1	Enables a upwards push that gives a little bit more velocity than a jump
2	Not implemented
4	Not implemented
8	Shows who planted the dynamite that is being aimed at
16	Shows who planted the landmine that is being aimed at

See also: g_shove and g_shoveNoZ

g_motd

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Define a message of the day for the server

g_moverScale

Type	Range
Default	1.0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Scale of speed of movers (truck, train, etc)

g_movespeed

Type	Range
Default	76
Range	any positive integer
Description	How fast bots maximum speed is

g_multiview

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables multiview

g_needpass

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Read only server variable to enforce a password or not

See also: g_password

g_nextTimeLimit

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Variable used to store the time after a time is set in stopwatch mode. Value is used to update the timelimit. Time in minutes

See also: timelimit and g_userTimeLimit

g_noTeamSwitching

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Disallow players from joining a team with more players

g_oss

Type	Bitflag
Default	31
Description	Server variable to indicate supported client operating system architectures

Value	Effect
0	Vanilla / unknown / ET:L auto setup
1	Windows
2	Linux
4	Linux 64
8	Mac OS X
16	Android
32	Raspberry Pi

NOTE: These values are not updated to current existing architectures and the cvar is not fully implemented

g_password

Type	String
Default	“none”
Description	Sets the password required for players to join the server. “none” or “” are both valid values to not require a password.

g_prestige

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Toggles the prestige system

g_pronedelay

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Move the spawn timer and mission timer and other HUD elements to a alternative location.

Value	Effect
0	Default HUD
1	Increase prone delay from 750ms to 1750ms
2	Disables proning while jumping

g_protect

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Implements various protections for server behaviour

Value	Effect
0	Default HUD
1	Prevents clients who are on localhost to automatically become referee
2	Enforced max lives ban through GUID check instead of IP address

See also: sv_protect

g_realHead

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Matches playerhead hitbox with its animations, instead of being in the same place

g_redlimbotime

Type	Range
Default	30000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Respawn timer of axis, time in milliseconds

g_resetXPMapCount

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Amount of maps to be played before XP is reset in MAPVOTE game mode

g_restarted

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Read only variable to know if game is restarted, used for handling warmup

g_scriptName

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	The name of the script to look for instead of the current map name

See also: g_mapScriptDirectory

g_shove

Type	Range
Default	60
Range	any positive integer
Description	Amount of force applied by a shove

See also: g_misc and g_shoveNoZ

g_shoveNoZ

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Apply no force into the Z direction(up/down) when pushed / shoved

See also: g_misc and g_shove

g_skillRating

Type	List
Default	2
Description	Enables skill rating system

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Enabled
2	Enabled, map bias is considered when calculating rating to be rewarded

g_skipCorrection

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Does not apply correction when client has missed multiple frames

g_soldierChargeTime

Type	Range
Default	20000
Range	any positive integer
Description	Specifies how long it takes to fully charge the charge bar for soldiers

g_spectatorInactivity

Type	Range
Default	0 (disabled)
Range	any positive integer
Description	Max time a spectator can remain idle before being kicked from the server, time in seconds

g_speed

Type	Range
Default	320
Range	any positive integer
Description	Used to base speed of, in units per second. Multiply by 0.8 for running value and 1.1 for sprinting value.

g_stickyCharge

Type	List
Default	2
Description	Keep current charge after certain deaths

Value	Effect
0	Reset charge bar after death
1	Keep current charge bar after any form of selfkill
2	Keep current charge bar after any kind of death

g_suddenDeath

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables sudden death mechanic to maps where the objective must be blown by a dynamite. Excludes stopwatch game mode. This means when a dynamite is planted on the last objective before the time limit is reached the map continues until either the dynamite is blown or defused.

g_swapteams

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Read only variable used to swap players between teams

g_teamForceBalance

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enforce balanced teams by forcing players to join the team with the lowest player count

g_userAim

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Uses client current spread scale instead of a flat number

g_userAlliedRespawnTime

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Overrides g_bluelimbotime

g_userAxisRespawnTime

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Overrides g_redlimbotime

g_userTimeLimit

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive decimal
Description	Overrides timelimit

g_voiceChatsAllowed

Type	Range
Default	5
Range	any positive integer
Description	Amount of voice chats allowed within 30 seconds per player

g_voting

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Changes certain behaviour when voting

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Use total voters instead of total players to decide if a vote passes
2	Successful votes do not count towards the vote limit per player, see vote_limit
4	Shows who called the vote in the voting text

g_warmup

Type	Range
Default	60
Range	any positive integer
Description	The length of time the warmup lasts prior to a match starting, time in seconds

See also: g_doWarmup

g_xpSaver

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Enables XP save between maps during campaign

Developer cvars 

g_debugAlloc

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Debug prints allocation of memory on memory pool

g_debugBullets

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Draws various debug trails for bullets

Value	Effect
-2	None player entities hitbox
0	Disabled
1	Bullet rail trail
2	Player hitbox
3	Bullet rail trail, body and head hitbox

g_debugConstruct

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Cuts construction time in half to speed up testing constructing

g_debugDamage

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints the client num, health before receiving damage, damage received and weapon used against the player with given client num.

g_debugForSingleClient

Type	List
Default	-1
Description	Takes the client num to enable or disable specific behaviour the given client

Value	Effect
-1	Disabled
0	Debug behaviour for client 0
1	Debug behaviour for client 1
2	Debug behaviour for client 2
3	etc

Client num can be found through the players command

g_debugHitboxes

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Draws various visualizations of entities depending on the value

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
3	Draws hitboxes for players and corpses. Entity types ‘ET_CORPSE’, ‘ET_PLAYER’
4	Draws hitboxes for missiles. Entity type ‘ET_MISSILE’.
5	Draws hitboxes for objectives that can be exploded. Entity type ‘ET_EXPLOSIVES’
6	Draws hitboxes for items that can be dropped and picked up. Entity type ‘ET_ITEM’
7	ET_MOVER
8	ET_MG42_BARREL
9	ET_CONSTRUCTIBLE_INDICATOR, ET_CONSTRUCTIBLE, ET_CONSTRUCTIBLE_MARKER (not just cp, also wall on adler ?)
10	ET_TELEPORT_TRIGGER ET_OID_TRIGGER ET_TRIGGER_MULTIPLE ET_TRIGGER_FLAGONLY ET_TRIGGER_FLAGONLY_MULTIPLE
11	ET_CABINET_H ET_CABINET_A ET_HEALER ET_SUPPLIER
12	ET_ALARMBOX ET_PROP ET_TRAP:
13	ET_GAMEMODEL
14	ET_GENERAL
15	ET_AIRSTRIKE_PLANE

g_debugMove

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Printing movement information to the console like which surfaces touched

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Default movement details loging
2	Default and extra detailed movement logging

g_debugPlayerHitboxes

Type	Bitflag
Default	0
Description	Draws hitboxes on all players

Value	Effect
0	Default HUD
1	Hitbox calculated from “endframe” - Green head and body box
2	Hitbox calculated from “clientthink” - Blue head and body box
4	Bounding box for collision - Cyan body box

g_debugSkills

Type	List
Default	0
Description	Display names of players when spectating or playing demos. cg_debugSkills needs to be enabled in legacy mod. This may be different for other mods.

Value	Effect
0	Disabled
1	Writes debug information for skills to console
2	Writes the same information for value

Example: “21:36:31 : ^5(SK: 0 XP: 3) Light Weapons: ^1HELLDEMBEZ gained 3XP, reason: bodyshot kill.”

g_scriptDebug

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints script debug information

g_scriptDebugLevel

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Defines the level or granularity of debug information to be printed

g_scriptDebugTarget

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Filters debug information for script name of entity

SV_ (Server)

CVAR Types

Server Admin cvars
Developer cvars

Server Admin cvars 

sv_fps

Type	Range
Default	20
Range	any positive integer where the result of dividing 1000 by the value results in a rounded number. E.g 1000 / 20 = 50
Description	Amount of frames per second the server runs at. Higher is more smooth and precise, but also increases load.

See also: snaps

sv_master1

Type	String
Default	“etmaster.idsoftware.com”
Description	Url of a master server that supplies the client with game servers known by it

sv_master2

Type	String
Default	“master.etlegacy.com”
Description	Url of a master server that supplies the client with game servers known by it. Takes its value from com_masterServer by default.

sv_wwwBaseUrl

Type	String
Default	“”
Description	Base url to redirect download of missing files through http protocol

Developer cvars 

sv_running

Type	Boolean
Default	1
Description	Lean while using the activate button

Default: “0”| Possible values:

Non-user CVAR

sv_packetLoss

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Simulates packet loss. Server side.

sv_packetDelay

Type	Range
Default	0
Range	any positive integer
Description	Simulates packet delay, which can lead to packet loss. Server side.

IN_ (Input)

CVAR Types

Developer cvars

Developer cvars 

in_keyboardDebug

Type	Boolean
Default	0
Description	Prints keycode of pressed buttons to console

R_ (Renderer)

User cvars

r_allowExtensions

Default: “1.2”| Possible values: “0” = disabled; “1” = enabled.

Enables/Disables global OpenGL extensions.

r_cache

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_cacheModels

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_cacheShaders

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_colorbits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_colorMipLevels

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_customaspect

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_customheight

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_customwidth

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_depthbits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_detailTextures

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_displayRefresh

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_drawSun

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_dynamiclight

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ext_compressed_textures

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ext_multitexture

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ext_texture_env_add

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ext_texture_filter_anisotropic

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_facePlaneCull

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_fastsky

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_finish

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_flares

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_fullscreen

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_gamma

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ignoreFastPath

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ignoreGLErrors

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ignorehwgamma

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_intensity

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_lodbias

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_lodCurveError

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_mapOverBrightBits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_maxpolys

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_maxpolyverts

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_mode

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_normallength

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_overBrightBits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_picmip

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_printShaders

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_railCoreWidth

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_railSegmentLength

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_railWidth

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_shadows

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_showImages

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_stencilbits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_subdivisions

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_swapInterval

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_texturebits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_textureMode

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_trisColor

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_wolffog

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

Protected cvars

r_ambientScale

{TODO} Add images.

Default: “0.5”| Possible values: “0.0” = disabled; “2.0” = max.

Sets light intensity of dynamic game entities _(e.g. player models, construction crates and tanks)_.

r_clear

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_directedScale

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_drawfoliage

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_drawworld

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_flareFade

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_flareSize

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_lodscale

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_showsky

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_zfar

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_znear

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

Developer cvars

r_bonesDebug

{TODO} Seems to be under development. Value of “8” and “9” flood a todo message in console.

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_debugLight

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_debugSort

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_debugSurface

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_drawBuffer

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_drawentities

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_ignore

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_lightmap

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_lockpvs

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_logFile

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_measureOverdraw

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_nobind

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_nocull

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_nocurves

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_noportals

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_norefresh

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_novis

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_offsetFactor

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_offsetUnits

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_portalOnly

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_roundImagesDown

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_showcluster

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_shownormals

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_showtris

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_simpleMipMaps

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_singleShader

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_skipBackEnd

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_speeds

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

Internal cvars

r_oldMode

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

r_uiFullScreen

Default: | Possible values:

Description needed.

Removed cvars 

CVAR

Reason

Replacement

cg_animState

Was not used

None

cg_bigFont

Was not used

None

cg_blinktime

Was not used

None

cg_bobYaw

Combined in 1 CVAR

cg_bobbing

cg_bobPitch

Combined in 1 CVAR

cg_bobbing

cg_bobRoll

Combined in 1 CVAR

cg_bobbing

cg_bobUp

Combined in 1 CVAR

cg_bobbing

cg_cameraMode

Was not used

None

cg_cameraOrbit

Was not used

None

cg_cameraOrbitDelay

Was not used

None

cg_clipboardName

Was not used

None

cg_deferPlayers

Was not used

None

cg_enableBreath

Was not used

None

cg_fastSolids

Was not used

None

cg_footsteps

Was not used

None

cg_ignore

Was not used

None

cg_fastSolids

Was not used

None

cg_message

Was not used

None

cg_messagePlayer

Was not used

None

cg_messagePlayerName

Was not used

None

cg_modVersion

Was not used

None

cg_movespeed

Was not used

None

cg_noRender

Was not used

None

cg_noTaunt

Was not used

None

cg_noVoiceChats

Was not used

None

cg_noVoiceText

Was not used

None

cg_recording_Statusline

Was not used

None

cg_runpitch

Bugged

None

cg_runroll

Bugged

None

cg_smallFont

Was not used

None

cg_specSwing

Was not used

None

cg_stereoSeparation

Was not used

None

cg_timescaleFadeEnd

Was not used

None

cg_timescaleFadeSpeed

Was not used

None

cg_viewsize

Was not used

None

cg_wolfparticles

Was not used

None

cg_zoomDefaultBinoc

Was not used

None

cg_zoomDefaultFG

Was not used

None

cg_zoomDefaultSnooper

Was not used

None

cg_zoomFOV

Was not used

None

cg_zoomStepBinoc

Was not used

None

cg_zoomStepFG

Was not used

None

cg_zoomStepSnooper

Was not used

None

cl_activateLean

Was not used

cg_activateLean

cl_anonymous

Was not used

None

cl_debugTranslation

Was not used

None

cl_inGameVideo

Was not used

None

cl_language

Was not used

cl_lang

cl_motd

Was not used

None

cl_motdString

Was not used

None

cl_punkbuster

Was not used

None

cl_updateAvailable

Was not used

None

cl_updateFiles

Was not used

None

cl_visibleClients

Was not used

None

cl_waitForFire

Was not used

None

com_cameraMode

Was not used

None

com_cleanWhiteList

Was not used

None

com_logosPlaying

Was not used

None

con_debug

Was not used

None

con_restricted

Was not used

None

fs_buildGame

Was not used

None

fs_buildPath

Was not used

None

fs_CDpath

Was not used

None

fs_copyFiles

Was not used

None

fs_restrict

Was not used

None

r_ati_fsaa_samples

Was not used

ENFORCED FOR VANILLA CLIENTS

r_ati_truform_normalmode

Was not used

None

r_ati_truform_pointmode

Was not used

None

r_ati_truform_tess

Was not used

ENFORCED FOR VANILLA CLIENTS

r_clampToEdge

Was not used

ENFORCED FOR VANILLA CLIENTS

r_dlightBacks

Was not used

None

r_ext_ATI_pntriangles

Was not used

ENFORCED FOR VANILLA CLIENTS

r_nv_fogdist_mode

Was not used

ENFORCED FOR VANILLA CLIENTS

r_portalsky

Was not used

None

r_primitives

Was not used

None